Last month, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came to Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge to watch Gov. Jeff Landry ...

Communities across the United States have long added fluoride to their water to prevent tooth decay. Dental and other health groups have called for continuing this practice.

The Louisiana Department of Health will no longer promote mass vaccination, the state’s surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, told state health workers Thursday.

The Louisiana Department of Health announced $15 million in funding for future health care workers in the state, including universities, technical colleges, health care systems, hospitals ...

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed the first human bird flu death in the United States on Monday.

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed the first human bird flu death in the United States on Monday.

A patient who was hospitalized with the first human case of pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the United States has died. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, the ...

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry has detected bird flu in another flock of backyard birds.

A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the first such case in the United States.

Louisiana ranked toward the bottom in the nation for maternal and infant health outcomes in an annual report put out by March of Dimes, an organization that promotes maternal and infant health ...